Discovery of the Space Cow

Full colour print, limited edition
(1 of 500), signed by the artist. 
680 x 890mm.
$40 including postage in New Zealand.
Contact: gravitygeorge@hotmail.com

This crazy scene was inspired in Kerala, South India, and relates to a giant cow-shaped cloud seen covering the sky there. In India, anything is possible. The Space Cow is a theme that occasionally reappears in George’s art, honouring the millions of humped cattle roaming Indian streets. Cows are sacred there, and are not generally eaten, unless they stumble into a swamp and become reclassified as “Water Buffalo” (lunch).

Here we see the Space Cow being greeted by the Cheeseburger Intergalactica Space Vehicle, armed with french-fry retros and strawberry sundae thruster. You’ll notice that the dreaded gherkin has already been removed.

The Space Cow is really an ancient concept, as illustrated by the children’s nursery rhyme: “Hey diddle-diddle, the cat played the fiddle, and the cow jumped over the moon.”